[SOLVED] M.2 storage is detected but not displayed in This PC

[adam247866]

Using an MSI Z270. I just recently installed a new 240 GB M.2 SSD. When I enter my bios, I can see the SSD is detected, so it is working and my computer knows that it is there. However, when I actually launch my PC I cannot find the new drive anywhere. How do I access it?

Separate question for when I get it working, how does one change what drive boots windows? I don't have a physical copy of windows with me so I would have to move what is already there, not do a fresh installation.

Thanks

 

[breadpug]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/initialize-new-disks

You might have to initialize it. That link has step by step instructions on how to do so. Also, to change boot drives, there should be an option in your BIOS settings

 

[The Original Ralph]

ONCE you;ve initialized it, you can clone your OS drive over to it

what brand is your drive and is it a M.2 Sata or NVMe drive?

 

[adam247866]

ONCE you;ve initialized it, you can clone your OS drive over to it

what brand is your drive and is it a M.2 Sata or NVMe drive?

It is an NVMe drive. For cloning my OS drive over to it, I don't really want to clone the entire OS drive, because it has a lot of things on it other than just my OS. Is there a way to just get the OS onto it without having a physical copy?

 

[The Original Ralph]

Macrium Reflect has a free download, and i know the paid copy let's you select what partitions you want to clone

EaseUS ToDO Backup also has a free download copy but you can either select the entire drive or one partition, but not 2 or 3 partitions on the drive. You can always just detete the partition you don't want on the new drive

Is it a samsung NVMe drtive? if so, you need to install it physcally, like you already have, and then install their NVMe driver
- in fact, you may have to do that to be able to initialize the drive

go to samsung's web, pull up your drive, and then go to support to downloads